Arby shoots the police department woman and Alice's mother and demands that Alice take him to the manuscript. Before they can leave, Arby arrives with Alice, Alice's mother, and a woman from the police department. He takes her to Alice's house and they retrieve the manuscript from under her bed.
After Grant Leetham is brought into the group, Jessica takes a special interest in him, because he was last in possession of the manuscript (having left it hidden in Alice Ward's bedroom.) Jessica is able to bond with Grant over his traumatic personal background, telling him, "some of us don't get to have childhoods." She takes him to a motel and gives him a goth makeover to avoid people recognizing him from the press, and then gets him drunk on vodka shots in order to extract the whereabouts of the manuscript. Jessica's primary motivation is her search for the Utopia manuscript, which she believes will help her get to know her father and learn about her history before she was taken away by Christos.
Jessica takes Ian on reconnoissance missions separate from Becky and Wilson and teaches him how to steal cars, use guns, and conduct interrogations. Becky and Jessica have a tense relationship from the very beginning Becky is morally scandalized by the lengths Jessica will go to get the things they need as well as jealous that Jessica's favourite within the group is Ian, in whom Becky is romantically/sexually interested. She proceeds to break into homes, hijack vehicles, and commit armed robbery, acts that shock Ian and especially Becky. They are hesitant to follow her at first, but she convinces them that she is their best shot at survival. They torture Wilson Wilson for information on her whereabouts before he has even met her and remove his eye in the process.Īfter Wilson, Becky, and Ian Johnson have congregated at Becky's house, Jessica arrives on their doorstep, telling them to come with her or else they will die.
Throughout the first series of Utopia (original British version), the question on everyone's lips is, "Where is Jessica Hyde?" Arby and Lee are searching for her (and the Utopia Part 2 manuscript) and killing everyone who gets in their way. After learning that Utopia has been discovered, she seeks the comic in order to save her father, but discovers some horrible truths about her past. It is said their her father was kidnapped and forced to create terrible viruses in order to ensure her survival. In Prime Video's remake of Utopia, Jessica Hyde is the main character of the comic Dystopia and its conclusion, Utopia. "Hyde" is not her birth name, but a name given to her by Christos. She was raised from the ages 4-10 by a man named Christos who taught her how to fight and survive. Jessica's father is the creator of Janus and The Utopia Experiments, Philip Carvel. Her musical leitmotif is "Jessica Gets Off" and its Season 2 counterpart, "Fascinating Child." Socially awkward with a directness that is disarming yet capable of manipulation and deception, she is a survivor and a fighter with grey morals who prioritizes self-preservation. On the run from The Network for as long as she can remember, Jessica is a recluse. Jessica Hyde is one of the main characters in the British television series Utopia, as well as its American remake.
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